Catushpad, Catuṣpad, Catur-pad, Catuṣpād: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Catuṣpad and Catuṣpād can be transliterated into English as Catuspad or Catushpad, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chatushpad.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCatuṣpad (चतुष्पद्).—a. (catuṣpada)
1) having four feet; यथा चतुष्पत्सु च केसरी वरः (yathā catuṣpatsu ca kesarī varaḥ) Rām.4.11.93.
2) consisting of four limbs.
-daḥ a quadruped.
-dī a stanza of four lines; पद्यं चतुष्पदी तच्च वृत्तं जातिरिति द्विधा (padyaṃ catuṣpadī tacca vṛttaṃ jātiriti dvidhā) Chand. M.1.
Catuṣpad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and pad (पद्).
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Catuṣpād (चतुष्पाद्).—(catuṣpad-da) a. 1. quadruped.
2) consisting of four members or parts. (-m.)
1) a quadruped.
2) (in law) a judicial procedure (trial of suits) consisting of four processes; i. e. plea, defence, rejoinder, and judgment.
3) The science of archery consisting of ग्रहण, धारण, प्रयोग (grahaṇa, dhāraṇa, prayoga) and प्रतिकारः (pratikāraḥ); योऽस्त्रं चतुष्पात् पुनरेव चक्रे । द्रोणः प्रसन्नोऽभिवाद्यस्त्वयाऽसौ (yo'straṃ catuṣpāt punareva cakre | droṇaḥ prasanno'bhivādyastvayā'sau) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.3.12-13; प्रतिपेदे चतुष्पादं धनुर्वेदं नृपात्मजः (pratipede catuṣpādaṃ dhanurvedaṃ nṛpātmajaḥ) ibid 192.61.
Catuṣpād is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and pād (पाद्). See also (synonyms): catuṣpāda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatuṣpād (चतुष्पाद्).—mfn. (-pāt) 1. A quadruped. 2. A whole of four parts or quaters 3. A judicial procedure, consisting of four processes, plea, defence, rejoinder, and sentence. E. catur and pād a foot.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatuṣpad (चतुष्पद्).—see catuṣpād.
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Catuṣpād (चतुष्पाद्).—i. e. catur -pād. The base of the weakest cases is -pad, I. adj., f. -padī, but n. -pād and pad, 1. Having four legs,
— Cf. [Latin] quadrupes; [Anglo-Saxon.] feower-fed.
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Catuṣpad (चतुष्पद्).—the base of many cases is -pad, 1. adj., f. -padī, four-footed. 2. m. a quadruped, Mahābhārata 12, 5697. 3. adj. consisting of four parts, 5, 5352. Tīrtha-pad, adj. one whose feet are holy and hallowing, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 1, 17. 2. Tri-pad and -pād, adj., f. pād and padī, having three feet. Dvi-pad and -pād, f. pād and padī, I. adj. having two feet. Ii. m. a man, Mahābhārata 1, 257. Iii. n. mankind. Sakasra-pād, adj. thousandfooted.
— Cf. [Latin] pes, pedis, tripudiare, repudiare, impedire; see pada.
Catuṣpad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms catur and pad (पद्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatuṣpad (चतुष्पद्).—[feminine] padī four-legged; [masculine] a quadruped.
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Catuṣpād (चतुष्पाद्).—[feminine] padī four-legged; [masculine] a quadruped.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Catuṣpad (चतुष्पद्):—[=catuṣ-pad] [from catuṣ > catasṛ] mfn. (cat) ([nominative case] sg. -pād; [plural] -pādas, irreg. -padas, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 1, 14; vi, 4, 9]; [locative case] -pātsu, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa vi, 2, 7]; [ablative] -pādbhyas, [Pāṇini 4-1, 135]) f. (-padī) n. ([nominative case] -pad, [Ṛg-veda] 4 times, or -pād, [Ṛg-veda] twice). ([Pāṇini 5-4, 140]) quadruped, m. a quadruped, n. quadrupeds (collectively), animals, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] having made 4 steps, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra i, 7, 19; Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra i, 14, 6]
3) [v.s. ...] divided into 4 parts, [Māṇḍūkya-upaniṣad, 12 mantra 2; Mahābhārata v]
4) [v.s. ...] (in prosody) consisting of 4 Pādas, [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 24; x, 27, 10]
5) [v.s. ...] having 4 staffs (a ladder), [Mahābhārata xii, 8838]
6) [v.s. ...] (a judicial procedure) consisting of 4 processes (viz. plea, defence, rejoinder, and sentence), [Yājñavalkya ii, 8]
7) Catuṣpād (चतुष्पाद्):—[=catuṣ-pād] [from catuṣ > catasṛ] See -pad
8) [v.s. ...] once in [compound] [Mahābhārata xii, 5697.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCatuṣpād (चतुष्पाद्):—[catu-ṣpād] (t) 5. m. A quadruped; four parts; judicial procedure.
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